As well as tea, football and chicken tikka masala, it is intrinsically British to obsess about property and complain about the weather. Right now, we have the perfect opportunity to do both. April showers never arrived this year and if this sunny period continues, the sub-soil underneath our feet – and houses – could be desiccating faster than paint under a hairdryer, unleashing a slew of subsidence claims.
Breaking news! With the unprecedented hot summer this year, there will undoubtedly be an avalanche of subsidence claims so, insurance companies look out, there could be a tsunami coming your way!
Does anyone remember the scorching hot summer of 1976? If you do, you will recall that months or years later, this was followed by an avalanche of subsidence claims, with regard to the movement of the foundations of properties, as a result of the sub-soil drying out. Continue reading